"Washington" in the match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) won on the guest ice "Pittsburgh". The meeting ended with the score 4:3 in overtime.
Nick Dowd (6 minutes), Daniel Sprong (40 minutes) scored goals for the capital's team, and defender Dmitry Orlov scored two goals, including the Russian's winning goal in overtime (17 minutes and 65 minutes).
Hockey player "Washington" spoke about bad habit Ovechkin Hockey Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov earned one point in the meeting, giving an assist to Orlov's second puck. Goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov replaced Czech Vitek Vanechek at the gate in the first period and saved 24 shots.
As part of the guests, the second goal was scored by Evgeni Malkin, who recently returned to the ice after an injury.
Alexander Ovechkin extended his goalless streak in NHL matches to four meetings (Vegas, San Jose, Dallas and Pittsburgh). For the first time this season, the striker failed to score in four games in a row. This season, 36-year-old Ovechkin is fifth in the list of scorers with 58 points (29 goals and 29 assists). Ovechkin scored 759 goals in NHL regular seasons, the fourth most in league history.
Washington, after 46 games, has 59 points and is in seventh place in the Eastern Conference table. The team will play the next match on Saturday night on the road against Edmonton.
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